Originally Posted by
seigex
I booked a couple domestic japan award bookings on JAL via AA miles and canceled with the cancel button before they ticketed last week. Points were never reduced and it canceled without having to call AA to have my points redeposited.
Thanks. That makes sense to me. Logic would say the system doesn't charge the credit card or deduct the miles until the ticket is actually issued. If the system is "smart enough" to be able to cancel the reservation while waiting for ticketing, that's a good thing in this situation. What I don't want to happen is for more "eyes" to go on his account (I figure he has enough trouble!). I will recommend this strategy, unless somebody has a better idea.